Don't Try This At Home......
Decorating By sherrycanary62 Updated 29 Nov 2009 , 4:20pm by sherrycanary62
unless your intention is to get purple/plum fondant. I have made black mmf in the past with great success....my intention here was to make red, yes, red fondant...never having made it before I remembered the tip to start with pink then work it to red...well I used Rose Pink, which of course made hot pink, and when I added red, it really didn't change the tone much even after using quite a bit of red....so I get this great idea 
..just add some black....well the end product is what you see...purple fondant...lol...I have no need for purple fondant... 
Any ideas how I can use purple fondant?
ah well another learning experience goes down in the books 
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oh K8...I love you....
I swear a 1st grader has more color mixing knowledge than I do 
I have a problem making red fondant too. I find that if I do it in stages, then it works better. For example, I'll use different shades of red - christmas red, super red, red red, etc.. I'll mix the colour with the fondant, let it rest for several hours or even overnight, then mix more in, let that rest, then add more colouring til I get the right shade. It usually takes me 2-3 days to get it deep enough but this system works all right for me. If I'm using it for accents to go on a cake, then I'll use the Wilton (yuk!) fondant rather than homemade. For some reason, it works better with the Wilton fondant than my homemade fondant! If I have to use the homemade fondant, then I'll add a base of red colouring as I'm making it, then add the rest in stages.
Good luck!
Grape Ape! (I hate Barney)
I forgot all about him!!!!!!!!!! I used to love Grape Ape
I have a problem making red fondant too. I find that if I do it in stages, then it works better. For example, I'll use different shades of red - christmas red, super red, red red, etc.. I'll mix the colour with the fondant, let it rest for several hours or even overnight, then mix more in, let that rest, then add more colouring til I get the right shade. It usually takes me 2-3 days to get it deep enough but this system works all right for me. If I'm using it for accents to go on a cake, then I'll use the Wilton (yuk!) fondant rather than homemade. For some reason, it works better with the Wilton fondant than my homemade fondant! If I have to use the homemade fondant, then I'll add a base of red colouring as I'm making it, then add the rest in stages.
Good luck!
I always add my color to the melted marshmallow when making mmf...but I am gonna try doing it in stages!! thanks for the tip
I've had great success making red fondant w/ Americolor Super red. I make it hot pink first and then add the red. I added black one time b/c it wasn't turning the right color red and boy was that a mistake!!! I've been in your boat before. Lesson learned. 
I'm with WG--I don't like Barney and I might make a bit of red or black fondant but otherwise to cover a cake I buy it or airbrush it.
I love my story about this lady that cried when she saw her Barney cake--it still makes me belly laugh. I mean whadayah gonna do with a giant purple blob?
You've really helped me out. I have such trouble getting proper purple fondant. Mine always ends up grey. But now, thanks to you, I have the perfect 'recipe' to mix purple!
Thanks!!
How about a "One-Eyed-One-Horned-Flying-Purple-People-Eater".
Okay, showing my age (along with WykdGud - Grape Ape!!). 
freeze until Mardi Gras.
then you'll only have to make green and gold to have all the colors you need to make lots of Mardi Gras party cake.
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either that OR make a yellow-polka-dotted purple people eater.
Now that's a fab idea!
Yup, looks like Barney to me - LOL! And that can be a hard purple to get!
Jen 
I feel like the absent minded professor
....oops I just discovered flubber...er..uh..I mean purple fondant 
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